Sushila Chanu is associated with which sports?
Answer: C
Sushila Chanu is a hockey player from Manipur, who captained the Indian women's team at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
It was India's first appearance in women's Olympic hockey since 1980. She received the Arjuna Award in 2021.
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Editorial teams of ToI and Navbharat Times have teamed up with which social media giant to create Moments from Rio Olympic Games 2016?
Answer: A
The editorial teams of the Times of India and Navbharat Times worked with Twitter to create Moments from the 2016 Rio Olympics.
Moments was a Twitter feature that collected tweets, images and video into a curated story on a single topic.
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Maradona is a famous player associated with
Answer: B
Diego Maradona was an Argentine footballer, captain of the side that won the 1986 World Cup.
In that tournament's quarter-final against England he scored both the Hand of God goal and the run from the halfway line later voted the goal of the century.
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Which among the following is not a term associated with cricket?
Answer: C
Deuce is a tennis term, for the score at 40–all, and is not used in cricket.
Gully is a fielding position, a hook is a shot played to a short ball, and a captain declares an innings closed - all cricketing terms.
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The Duleep Trophy in Indian cricket is contested between ________.
Answer: B
Correct answer: Zonal teams
The Duleep Trophy is played between zonal sides drawn from the regions of the country, unlike the Ranji Trophy, which is contested by individual states. It is named after Duleepsinhji, nephew of Ranjitsinhji.
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Who was the first person to make three test centuries in his first innings as a captain?
Answer: B
M.S. Dhoni is the answer recorded here.
Dhoni captained India in 60 Tests, more than any other Indian, and led the side to the top of the ICC Test rankings in 2009. He is the only captain to have won all three ICC white-ball trophies - the World T20, the World Cup and the Champions Trophy.
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When was the first cricket test match played
Answer: B
The first cricket Test match was played at Melbourne in March 1877, between Australia and England. Australia won by 45 runs.
Charles Bannerman of Australia scored the first Test century, 165 not out, and faced the first ball ever bowled in Test cricket.
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The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) is headquartered at ______
Answer: D
The Court of Arbitration for Sport is based at Lausanne, Switzerland, established in 1984.
It hears disputes over doping, eligibility and contracts, and its awards are binding; appeals lie only to the Swiss Federal Tribunal.
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Which Indian cricketer has bagged a deal with ESPN?
Answer: C
Sachin Tendulkar signed an endorsement deal with ESPN.
He was among the first Indian cricketers to build a large commercial portfolio, signing a landmark contract with WorldTel in 1995 that changed how the game's players were paid.
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Who was the first Indian batsman to have achieved 300 runs in an innings in tests
Answer: D
Virender Sehwag was the first Indian to score a Test triple century, making 309 against Pakistan at Multan in March 2004.
He did it again with 319 against South Africa at Chennai in 2008, becoming one of only four batsmen to score two Test triple hundreds.
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